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...(A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised code, any employee of the Hamilton county municipal court on January 16, 1978, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the Hamilton county municipal court and was appointed or employed by the court, the clerk of courts or the Cincinnati city manager, and whose salary was paid by the city of Cincinnati and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinn...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, any employee of the Hamilton county department of air pollution control on January 1, 1980, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the division of air pollution control and was employed by the Cincinnati city manager, and whose salary was paid by the city of Cincinnati and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinnati retirement system prio...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, any employee of the Hamilton county sheriff on July 1, 1981, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the Cincinnati correctional institute and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinnati retirement system prior to that date may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system and to continue contribu...

...A member of the public employees retirement system who is a public employee as defined in division (A)(2) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and whose earnings from employment are or become subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended, may elect to have such earnings exempted from contributions to the public employees retiremen...

...Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, an individual employed by, or otherwise compensated with state funds appropriated to, the department of development who is principally located outside of the United States and is or intends to become a member of a foreign government's retirement or social security system in lieu of becoming a member of the public employees retirement system may choose to be exempted...

...On or before the last day of January of each year, each public employer shall transmit to the public employees retirement system a list of all individuals providing personal services who at any time during the preceding calendar year received compensation from the employer for which no contributions were deducted under section 145.47 of the Revised Code because the employer classified the individual as an indep...

...(A) As used in this section and section 145.038 of the Revised Code, "business entity" means an entity with five or more employees that is a corporation, association, firm, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in business. A contract between a public employer and a business entity shall state that all individuals employed by the business entity who provide perso...

...(A) A public employer who on or after January 7, 2013, begins to receive personal services from an individual it classifies as an independent contractor or another classification other than public employee shall inform the individual of the classification and that no contributions will be made to the public employees retirement system for the services. Not later than thirty days after the services begin, the em...

...t currently employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state. (2) The director of administrative services; (3) Five members, known as employee members, one of whom shall be a state employee member of the system, who shall be elected by ballot by the state employee members of the system from among their number; another of whom shall be a county employee member of the system, who shall be elected by...

...Each member of the public employees retirement board shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not less than twice each year, attend one or more pro...

...A person who served as an elected or appointed member of the public employees retirement board for one or more entire fiscal years in fiscal years 2000, 2001, or 2002 is ineligible for re-election or reappointment to the board if the board paid travel-related expenses of the person or reimbursed the person for travel-related expenses that averaged more than ten thousand dollars annually for those fiscal years.

...(A) The terms of office of employee members of the public employees retirement board shall be for four years each beginning on the first day of January following election. The election of the county employee member of the board and the employee member of the board representing public library, health district, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, township, metropolitan housing authority, union...

...If a person elected to serve on the public employees retirement board is unable to assume office at the January meeting of the board following the person's election, a special election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 145.05 of the Revised Code within three months of the January meeting. On certification of the elections results, the newly elected person shall assume office at the meeting of...

...Notwithstanding sections 145.04 and 145.05 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement board is not required to hold an election, including a special election under section 145.051 of the Revised Code, for a position on the board as an employee member or retirant member if only one candidate has been nominated for the position by petition in accordance with section 145.05 of the Revised Code. The candidate s...

...gn committee or agent; (iii) Made by a political party in support of a candidate, unless the expenditure is made by a political party to conduct voter registration or voter education efforts. (d) "Agent" means any person who has actual oral or written authority, either express or implied, to make or to authorize the making of expenditures on behalf of a candidate, or means any person who has been placed in a positi...

...(A) No person shall knowingly fail to file a complete and accurate campaign finance statement or independent expenditure statement in accordance with section 145.053 of the Revised Code. (B) No person, during the course of a person seeking nomination for, or during any campaign for, election to the public employees retirement board, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the nomination or the outcome of the campa...

...The secretary of state, or any person acting on personal knowledge and subject to the penalties of perjury, may file a complaint with the Ohio elections commission alleging a violation of section 145.054 of the Revised Code. The complaint shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the commission. On receipt of a complaint under this section, the commission shall hold a hearing open to the public to determine...

...(A) The office of a member of the public employees retirement board who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02, 102.03, 102.04, 2921.02, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.41, 2921.42, 2921.43, or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall be deemed vacant. A person who has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of an of...

...(A) The public employees retirement board, following consultation with the secretary of state, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, governing all of the following: (1) The administration of elections of members of the board under section 145.05 of the Revised Code, special elections provided for by section 145.051 of the Revised Code, and elections held under section 145.06 of the R...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, if a vacancy occurs in the term of any employee member of the public employees retirement board, the remaining members of the board shall elect a successor employee member from the employee group lacking representation because of the vacancy. On certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.058 of the Revised Code...

...Each member of the public employees retirement board, upon assuming office, shall take an oath that the member will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state, and that the member will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board and that the member will not knowingly violate or willfully permit to be violated any provision of this chapter. Such oath shall be subscr...

...(A) Notwithstanding division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement board may adopt a policy that allows a board member to attend a meeting of the board by means of video conference. The board shall include in the policy, if adopted, both of the following: (1) The number of regular meetings at which each board member shall be present in person, provided that number is not less th...

...(A) The members of the public employees retirement board shall serve without compensation but shall suffer no loss or penalty whatsoever because of absence from their regular employment to attend meetings authorized and called by the board. The board members shall be reimbursed for all actual necessary expenses from the expense fund created under division (E) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code. Any determination ...

...The public employees retirement board shall elect from its membership a chairperson. The board shall appoint an executive director who shall serve as secretary to the board, an actuary, and other employees as necessary for the transaction of the business of the public employees retirement system. The compensation of all persons so appointed shall be fixed by the board. Such persons appointed by the board are not empl...

...The public employees retirement system shall administer the PERS defined benefit plan and the PERS defined contribution plans.